Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 23, 1994 TAG: 9403240004
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: By ALMENA HUGHES STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
But last year she managed to break out of her reverie of spending the huge cash prizes she would win long enough to submit two entries to the National Pork Producers Council's "Give Us Your Best Chop, America!'' contest.
Recently, Kostelni received word that her "Pork Chops Campobasso" - named after the small town in Italy that her maternal grandfather left when he came to America during the 1890s - had earned an honorable mention as one of 25 runners-up among more than 5,000 pork chop presentations. It wasn't exactly the outcome she'd imagined, but still, she was thrilled.
She said that a grand prize of $1,500 was awarded for Mustard Grilled Pork Chops with Two Tomato Salsa; Mustard Baked Chops with Brie earned a $1,000 award; and Pork Chops With Pears, Blue Cheese and Green Peppercorns and Whiskey Pepper Chops with Molasses Butter garnered $750 each.
As we reported in the Jan. 19 edition of this newspaper, there's big money to be made - and big fun to be had - in recipe and other food-related contests. Here's an update on cooking contests underway this spring and a few winning recipes to get you started. Don't forget to enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope when requesting rules or information. Good luck.
BETTER THAN BOUILLON - MELINDA LEE'S FOOD SHOWS CONTEST
Grand prizes (3): $500 each. Other cash and nonmonetary prizes for runners up.
Categories: Original recipes using Better Than Bouillon beef, chicken or vegetable base.
Deadline: May 13
Entry/Info: Superior Quality Foods, Inc., Melinda Lee's Food Shows Recipe Contest, 2355 East Francis St., Ontario, CA 91761
COOKS' CHOICE AWARD
Grand prize: Three-day trip for two to San Francisco; attendance at Julia Child Cookbook Awards ceremony, including gourmet dinner.
Categories: Random selection from among votes cast for favorite cookbook of 1993 from list of 33 nominees.
Deadline: April 10
Entry/Info: At specialty bookstores or write Cooks' Choice Award, IACP Headquarters, 304 West Liberty St., Suite 201, Louisville, KY 40202
CRANBERRY LOVERS' RECIPE CONTEST
Grand prize: All-expense-paid weekend in Portland, Oregon
Categories: Original main dish or dessert recipes using dried cranberries
Deadline: April 1 - June 30
Entry/Info: Craneberry's, Inc., 606 N.E. 20th Ave., Portland, OR 97232
GILROY GARLIC FESTIVAL RECIPE CONTEST
Grand prize: $1,000 cook-off category; $100 most-garlic category; $75 mail-in category. Other cash prizes for runners up.
Categories: Original recipes using at least three cloves fresh garlic or dehydrated equivalent (1/2 tsp. powdered; 11/2 tsp. garlic salt).
Deadline: May 15
Entry/Info: Gilroy Garlic Festival Association, Inc., P.O. Box 2311, Gilroy, CA 95021-2311
GRANNY SMITH SEARCH
Grand prize: One year as official "spokesgranny" for Washington's apple growers, with air fare and expenses paid for promotional appearances. Weekend trip to Yakima, Wash. for final judging.
Category: On-the-go grandmothers, sweet, but not too tart or mushy, with good moral fiber. One hundred or less word nominating essay and photo required. Entrants may not nominate selves.
Deadline: April 29
Entry/Info: Granny Smith, P. O. Box 18, Wenatchee, Wash. 98807
NEWMAN'S OWN INC./"GOOD HOUSEKEEPING" RECIPE CONTEST
Grand prize: $50,000 donation to winner's favorite charity; other cash donations to charities on behalf of runners up; trips to New York, including incidentals cash, for final judging with actor Paul Newman.
Categories: Original appetizer, main dish or dessert recipes using Newman's Own products
Deadline: April 1 - Aug. 1
Entry/Info: Newman's Own Inc./"Good Housekeeping" Recipe Contest, P. O. Box 8010, Westport, Conn. 06888
PAAS GREAT EGGSPRESSIONS CONTEST
Grand prize: Super Nintendo Mario Cartridges and one-year subscription to GamePro Magazine. Other nonmonetary prizes for runners up. Certificates for all entrants.
Categories: Eggspressive eggs decorated using PAAS kits plus odds and ends like ribbons, feathers, fabric scraps or whatever inspires you, along with 50 words or less about and photo or drawing of the creation.
Deadline: May 1
Entry/Info: PAAS Great Eggspressions, 87 Park St., Montclair, N.J. 07042.
TURKEY LOVERS' RECIPE CONTEST FOR TEENS
Grand Prize: $2,000. Other cash prizes for runners up.
Categories: Entrees, salads, sandwiches, snacks - anything goes as long as the recipe contains at least one pound of fresh or fully cooked turkey meat and makes 4 - 8 servings.
Entrants restricted to 12 to 18 years old.
Deadline: April 1
Entry/Info: National Turkey Federation, 11319 Sunset HIlls Road, Reston, Va. 22090-5227
Recipes for:\ PORK CHOPS CAMPOBASSO\ MUSTARD-GRILLED PORK CHOPS WITH TWO TOMATO SALSA\ BEDONI'S OYSTER BOAT\ SILVER BILL'S GARBANERO TONGUETWISTER\ CARROT AND CRANBERRY CAKE\ KALEIDOSCOPE CHOWDER\
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